I walk on a wall

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We woke up early, packed up our stuff, and left the hostel to catch a ferry to Wales. However, we were only driving through, and from Wales we got on a train to Chester, England. Since there was no place to put our bags, we carried them through the town, and took ourselves on a self-guided tour of the city.
            There are walls around the city, and on these we viewed the charming old buildings, several towers, gates, and a Roman amphitheater and pavilion. The city was a beautiful mix of medieval, Tudor, and gothic architecture. All of the buildings were wonderfully designed, which made it surprising that these were being used to house ordinary shops and restaurants.
            After our walk on the walls, we went over to evensong at Chester Cathedral, to find that evensong had been cancelled for a scout ceremony. We were only able to get a small glimpse of the inside of the cathedral, but we were able to roam the Remembrance Garden, which had several tombs marked by stones on the ground.
            Since we could not get in to the cathedral, we went to a restaurant and enjoyed hummus, or houmous, as it is called in England, a bread platter, and a crème brulee with extremely delicious shortbread.
            When we finished eating, we wandered through the streets, stopping to look at several gorgeous churches, such as the St. Johns Methodist Cathedral. Unfortunately, we could not go in to any of the churches we saw, but they were all stunning.
            We walked back to the train station, taking pictures of the ducks in the river as we went, and got a train to Cardiff, where we fell asleep immediately.


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